The Manual You Were Never Given
I’m John. 54 years old, 396lbs, managing serious medical conditions — and on 1st October 2026 I’m starting again from scratch. Diarising it, blogging it, filming it. Every win, every plateau, every custard cream. Come and stand in the trenches with me.
No gimmicks. No preaching.
“I’m not a 25-year-old fitness model who lives on kale. I’m a bloke who knows exactly what it feels like to carry this weight — and exactly how to start climbing out from under it.”
— John Sault
Why This Exists
I’ve been up and down weight-wise all my life. In my forties I dropped 85lbs in nine weeks — then ill health put it back on, and then some. No preaching, no diet-industry gimmicks. Just real food, proper honesty, and a plan built around real life. If you want that custard cream, have it. It’s not over.
No kale, no four-hour gym sessions. Just an ordinary bloke managing real medical limits, documenting the whole thing — good weeks and bad.
Ten plain-speak modules on how your body actually works — calories, metabolism, the lot. Free to every member, forever.
Every week from 1st October 2026, diarised, blogged and filmed — so you can follow along and do it alongside me.
Your Body’s Owner’s Manual
Ten modules, written in plain English, covering exactly how your metabolism works — no tests, no exams, just the facts, so you finally understand your own engine instead of guessing in the dark.
Why nobody teaches us how our own metabolism works — and why that’s about to change.
Read now →Why your baseline survival machinery claims the biggest share of your daily fuel before you move a muscle.
Read now →The step-by-step hormonal chain that turns stored fat into the air you breathe out.
Read now →From The Blog
200lbs at 14. 370lbs by 39. The mirror, the “Right, Saulty” moment, and the soup that started it all.
Read the story →What happens when the scale stops moving, the shift work wrecks your routine — and how I found “the ultimate superpower.”
Read the story →Who’s With Me?
Create your free account in a couple of minutes and get full access to The Body IQ Hub. From 1st January, membership unlocks the full programme alongside my week-by-week diary starting 1st October.
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